Atwater driver gets Super Stock win

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Jun 16, 2013 at 12:01 AM

STOCKTON - Jason Aguirre knows that patience is important - to a point.

Scott Niendorf

STOCKTON - Jason Aguirre knows that patience is important - to a point.

The Atwater driver took advantage of a restart due to a collision midway through the Super Stock main event to grab a victory on Hawaiian Night in front of an estimated 1,000 spectators Saturday at Stockton 99 Speedway.

Aguirre started third behind Chad Holman of Manteca and Matt Wendt of Lodi and managed to move up to second on lap 10 of the 30-lap main before a collision between Wendt and Aaron Coonfield of Riverbank forced a restart on lap 14.

From there Aguirre took advantage of Holman's worn tires to take the checkered flag ahead of Wendt and Coonfield.

"You can't be too patient," said Aguirre, who started the night in third in the standings and unofficially moved ahead of Holman but still trails Coonfield in the points standings. "If you don't take a chance and make a move early you might see yourself battling back in what I call 'the hornet's nest.' There was a lot of sheet metal and tires rubbing back there and (the drivers) just couldn't get out of it. They were really going at it. This was a big win tonight."

Aguirre also grabbed the Super Stocks dash win ahead of Coonfield and Wendt.

Mark Jacke of Stockton picked up the double wins in the B-4 division ahead of Chris Corder of Modesto, Dave Kong of Stockton and Brad Mast of Manteca. Jacke, who started the evening in seventh place, climbed back into contention in the season standings.

"It's nice to know the car will go where I put it," said Jacke, who credited an alignment job for creating a quicker car. "A faster motor doesn't turn the car. The car is so much more comfortable (to drive). It's nice that I don't have to fight (steering) it."

Jacke nipped Kong at the finish line of the B4 dash by .28 seconds with Larry Toon, Jr. of Modesto third.

Ben Lewis of Stockton was also a double winner, taking the Pure Stocks main and dash events. Lewis finished ahead of Mike Massone of Linden and Brandon Jones of Lodi. Lewis earned the dash victory ahead of fellow Stocktonians Jeremy Tucker and Bobby Simpson.

Matt Scott of Pine Grove remained undefeated in the Late Models this season taking the checkered flag ahead of Kyle Gottula of Modesto and Stanislov Osterlund of Los Gatos.

Justin Philpott of Tracy earned the Late Models trophy dash victory ahead of Scott and Gottula.

Ethan Almog of Sacramento got the double win in the Mini Cups main and dash. Almog led most of the 25-lap main and finished ahead of Gabriel Herzog of Clovis and Seth Holman of Manteca in second and third. Colin Mullan of Danville was second in the dash but was involved in a severe collision with Austin Herzog of Clovis in the main and was never in contention after that.

Racing will resume on a rare Friday night at the Stockton 99 Dirt Track at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds featuring USAC Sprint Cars, Winged 360's and Spec Modifieds.

The Speedway observed a moment of silence before racing for NASCAR driver Jason Leffler, who died in a dirt track accident last week in New Jersey.